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Games organisers dismiss warnings

Organisers of the Delhi Commonwealth Games have dismissed Australian government warnings of terrorism risks.

Kan survives challenge

<i>Brian Rudman</i>: Games' obscene costs must stop

Formica business in disarray when we bought it: Fletcher

Jurors shown knives found near murdered woman

The knives found near the body of a stabbed woman in a suitcase have been handed around a jury in a transparent case.

Delhi Games security move 'illogical'

The NZOC says the decision of the three team sports to engage their own security advice ahead of the Delhi Games defies logic.

Currie owes an apology: athletics boss

<i>Rebecca Barry</i>: TV show blurs reality of blissful Thailand

<i>Supershorts:</i> Newsflash!

Telecom fall drags market lower

Rugby: Hong Kong test in doubt?

There is speculation that the fourth Bledisloe Cup test could be moved from Hong Kong to Europe due to poor ticket sales.

Apocalypse then

As a soldier in Vietnam, Karl Marlantes came face-to-face with war. Thirty years later he has turned that experience into a <i>New York Times</i> best-seller.

World at their feet

World celebrates 21 years in the fashion business and its ongoing plans to keep breaking barriers.

Natural Dairy shelves $1.5b expansion plan

Foreign food not to everyone's taste

I was sitting in a restaurant in Urumqi, in northern China, enjoying the spicy food smells from the kitchen, when a plaintiff Australian voice quavered across the room, "I want steak, eggs and chips."

Asia: Dare to savour Timor in the raw

Matt Crook reports on a smack-you-in-the-face adventure.